New Delhi → Paris · Île-de-France, France
Première Vision Paris puts India in the spotlight in January 2027. A buyer who scans the code on your stand should land in a chat that already says, in French, what they came for.
For India-based mills, brands and service firms with buyers in Paris: how to build a click-to-chat link that survives French accents, why Première Vision's India spotlight in January 2027 matters for follow-ups, when to send on Paris time, and what a +33 message costs in rupees.
See it work
Pick a message a Paris buyer might find pre-filled after scanning your stand's QR code, and see what the link has to carry.
A click-to-chat link is the simplest opt-in to collect at a fair. The buyer scans, the chat opens with your message already typed, and they press Send. Because they wrote first, the 24-hour customer window is open, and your reply, samples list included, needs no template.
French makes the link longer than it looks. Each accented letter turns into six characters, so a short sentence with a handful of accents grows quickly, and a longer link prints as a denser QR code on a business card. Keep the pre-fill to one line, put the detail in your reply, and test the printed code on a phone before the fair opens.
The number in the link is digits only, country code first, with no + or spaces. The conversation that follows can run from the shared team inbox, and your order system can send the updates through the developer API.
A URL can only carry a small set of characters; everything else travels as %XX bytes.
Try spaces, &, ?, # or ₹.
Trade, companies, people and the fair that makes January 2027 a Paris month for Indian textiles.
French customs counted about €17 billion of France–India goods trade in 2024: French exports of €7.7 billion and imports from India of €9.3 billion.[1]
More than 150 Indian companies operate in France, mainly in transport, hydraulic equipment, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and IT, according to the French Treasury.[1]
Première Vision Paris runs from 26 to 28 January 2027 and puts India in the spotlight, with a dedicated pavilion presenting India's textile tradition and its artisans' skills.[2]
India's Ministry of External Affairs counts 109,000 overseas Indians in France as of January 2026: 90,000 people of Indian origin and 19,000 Indian citizens.[3]
INSEE counted 2,103,778 residents in the city of Paris in 2023 and 514,455 economically active legal units there in 2024.[4]
The readers this page is for, and the first messages they send to a +33 number.
With India in the spotlight at Première Vision Paris, buyers met at the pavilion will ask about fabrics, minimums and lead times.[2]
A label selling to Paris studios and boutiques keeps production status and reorders in one thread per buyer.
Among the sectors where the French Treasury finds most Indian companies in France, where account updates matter more than campaigns. Pharma firms there keep drug orders off WhatsApp, as Meta's policy requires.[1]
Banks, travel firms and property developers in India serving the 109,000 overseas Indians the ministry counts in France.[3]
Paris keeps Central European Time, moves an hour forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October. India never changes its clocks, so your office is four and a half hours ahead in winter and three and a half in summer. A Paris studio that opens at 10:00 opens at 14:30 or 13:30 Indian time, and its replies keep coming through your evening.
Paris landlines start 01, written +33 1 from abroad; mobiles start 06 or 07 and become +33 6 or +33 7. Drop the 0 when you add +33, and never store a French mobile with neither: nine bare digits starting with 6 or 7 can be read as a number in a different country. Ask for the country on every form.
Templates for Paris buyers go in French, code fr, and Meta reviews each language version separately. InfiQ's own support team works India time, in English and Hindi; your agents can reply in French inside the 24-hour window.
Prices in ₹ and EUR
Paris numbers are billed at France's line of Meta's rate card: ₹7.56 for marketing, ₹2.64 for utility, ₹2.64 for authentication and ₹2.64 for each service reply, in rupees before GST. Plans start at ₹999 a month.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ €9.38 EUR
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ €7.83 EUR
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ €28.17 EUR
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ €23.48 EUR
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Paris · France
| Category | ₹ INR | EUR |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹7.5588 | €0.0710 |
| Utility | ₹2.6393 | €0.0248 |
| Authentication | ₹2.6393 | €0.0248 |
| Service | ₹2.6393 | €0.0248 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | €0.0511₹5.4352 | €0.0215₹2.2874 | €0.0215₹2.2874 | €0.0215₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0031₹0.3254 | €0.0031₹0.3254 | €0.0031₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | €0.0516₹5.4970 | €0.0056₹0.5981 | €0.0056₹0.5981 | €0.0056₹0.5981 |
| Chile | €0.0734₹7.8162 | €0.0165₹1.7585 | €0.0165₹1.7585 | €0.0165₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | €0.0103₹1.0993 | €0.0007₹0.0706 | €0.0007₹0.0706 | €0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | €0.0532₹5.6629 | €0.0030₹0.3167 | €0.0030₹0.3167 | €0.0030₹0.3167 |
| France | €0.0710₹7.5588 | €0.0248₹2.6393 | €0.0248₹2.6393 | €0.0248₹2.6393 |
| Germany | €0.113₹12.0088 | €0.0455₹4.8386 | €0.0455₹4.8386 | €0.0455₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0215₹2.2867 | €0.0215₹2.2867 | €0.0215₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0288₹3.0700 | €0.0288₹3.0700 | €0.0288₹3.0700 |
| India | €0.0089₹0.9435 | €0.0018₹0.1941 | €0.0013₹0.1402 | €0.0014₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | €0.0339₹3.6133 | €0.0206₹2.1979 | €0.0206₹2.1979 | €0.0206₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0065₹0.6943 | €0.0065₹0.6943 | €0.0065₹0.6943 |
| Israel | €0.0292₹3.1045 | €0.0044₹0.4662 | €0.0044₹0.4662 | €0.0044₹0.4662 |
| Italy | €0.0656₹6.9847 | €0.0248₹2.6369 | €0.0248₹2.6369 | €0.0248₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | €0.0499₹5.3098 | €0.0149₹1.5824 | €0.0149₹1.5824 | €0.0149₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | €0.0654₹6.9671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | €0.0711₹7.5644 | €0.0116₹1.2314 | €0.0116₹1.2314 | €0.0116₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | €0.0328₹3.4877 | €0.0070₹0.7471 | €0.0070₹0.7471 | €0.0070₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | €0.0342₹3.6425 | €0.0190₹2.0218 | €0.0190₹2.0218 | €0.0190₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | €0.132₹14.0494 | €0.0413₹4.3987 | €0.0413₹4.3987 | €0.0413₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0028₹0.2990 | €0.0028₹0.2990 | €0.0028₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | €0.0427₹4.5421 | €0.0055₹0.5898 | €0.0055₹0.5898 | €0.0055₹0.5898 |
| Oman | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0204₹2.1709 | €0.0204₹2.1709 | €0.0204₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | €0.0391₹4.1620 | €0.0124₹1.3200 | €0.0124₹1.3200 | €0.0124₹1.3200 |
| Peru | €0.0581₹6.1843 | €0.0248₹2.6392 | €0.0248₹2.6392 | €0.0248₹2.6392 |
| Poland | €0.0302₹3.2105 | €0.0101₹1.0702 | €0.0101₹1.0702 | €0.0101₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0099₹1.0547 | €0.0099₹1.0547 | €0.0099₹1.0547 |
| Romania | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0239₹2.5436 | €0.0239₹2.5436 | €0.0239₹2.5436 |
| Russia | €0.0662₹7.0520 | €0.0330₹3.5173 | €0.0330₹3.5173 | €0.0330₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | €0.0475₹5.0537 | €0.0088₹0.9401 | €0.0088₹0.9401 | €0.0088₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0132₹1.4072 | €0.0132₹1.4072 | €0.0132₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | €0.0314₹3.3385 | €0.0079₹0.8369 | €0.0079₹0.8369 | €0.0079₹0.8369 |
| Spain | €0.0584₹6.2161 | €0.0165₹1.7578 | €0.0165₹1.7578 | €0.0165₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0017₹0.1759 | €0.0017₹0.1759 | €0.0017₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | €0.0090₹0.9587 | €0.0007₹0.0792 | €0.0007₹0.0792 | €0.0007₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0246₹2.6138 | €0.0246₹2.6138 | €0.0246₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | €0.0475₹5.0537 | €0.0130₹1.3811 | €0.0130₹1.3811 | €0.0130₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | €0.0524₹5.5795 | €0.0182₹1.9346 | €0.0182₹1.9346 | €0.0182₹1.9346 |
| North America | €0.0206₹2.1976 | €0.0028₹0.2989 | €0.0028₹0.2989 | €0.0028₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | €0.0186₹1.9796 | €0.0033₹0.3516 | €0.0033₹0.3516 | €0.0033₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | €0.0696₹7.4057 | €0.0093₹0.9938 | €0.0093₹0.9938 | €0.0093₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0175₹1.8595 | €0.0175₹1.8595 | €0.0175₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | €0.0611₹6.5048 | €0.0093₹0.9934 | €0.0093₹0.9934 | €0.0093₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | €0.0324₹3.4490 | €0.0075₹0.7998 | €0.0075₹0.7998 | €0.0075₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | €0.0489₹5.2054 | €0.0141₹1.5019 | €0.0141₹1.5019 | €0.0141₹1.5019 |
| Other | €0.0499₹5.3098 | €0.0064₹0.6769 | €0.0064₹0.6769 | €0.0064₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A client in Paris who still uses an Indian +91 number is billed at the India rate, ₹0.94 for a marketing message, because Meta prices by the recipient's country code. Euro amounts in the converter are for budgeting; InfiQ invoices in rupees.
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Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Get the French sample-dispatch and order templates approved before January, so the follow-ups leave the week of the fair.
Learn moreConsent records and opt-out enforcement
France asks for consent before electronic prospecting; each Paris buyer's opt-in source and time is kept, and STOP blocks later sends.
Shared team inbox
One stand number answered by the sales team in India, with transfers to whoever owns the buyer once the fair is over.
Broadcast campaigns
A pavilion invitation or new-collection note goes only to buyers who opted in, scheduled on Paris time.
Nearby
French city pages first, then the nearest pages in neighbouring countries.
The consent rules, Bloctel and the French rate apply across the country; the France guide covers them in full.
Question: We will exhibit in the India pavilion at Première Vision Paris in January 2027. How do we collect WhatsApp opt-ins at the stand?
Answer: Print a QR code that opens a wa.me link to your number with a short French pre-fill. When a buyer sends it, the 24-hour window opens and you can answer freely. For anything you send later, keep a record of the buyer's agreement to hear from you on WhatsApp; the France guide explains France's consent rule for prospecting.
Question: A Paris buyer wants swatch and sample dispatch updates on WhatsApp. Which template category is that?
Answer: Utility: the messages are about a request the buyer made, so each costs ₹2.64 per delivered message to a French number. A note announcing your new collection is marketing, ₹7.56 each, and needs the buyer's opt-in to promotional messages.
Question: Our wa.me link with a French message broke in the brochure proof. What went wrong?
Answer: The accents and spaces were probably pasted in raw. Encode the pre-fill first: é becomes %C3%A9 and a space %20, and the number goes in as digits only with the country code. The transformer above shows the encoded text for four French messages.
Question: When should a mill in Tiruppur send so a message reaches a Paris studio at 9:30?
Answer: At 14:00 IST while Paris is on winter time and at 13:00 IST between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. Scheduling the send in Paris time avoids doing the arithmetic twice a year.
Question: Some of our Indian-origin clients in Paris use +33 numbers and some still use +91. How is each billed?
Answer: By the number, not the address. A +33 number is billed at France's rate, ₹2.64 for a utility message; a +91 number at the India rate, ₹0.19, wherever its owner lives. Keep the country code on every contact so your cost estimates hold.
Question: We are opening a Paris showroom after Première Vision. Can the French company that runs it hold the InfiQ account?
Answer: InfiQ serves India-based businesses: it bills in rupees with GST and keeps customer data in India, so an Indian company is the natural account holder and can message Paris numbers at the France rate. If your business is based in Paris, talk to sales about whether InfiQ fits.
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